The Sun. — London, England, 1836-09-15 00:00:00

GRAND JU N CTION RAILWAY COM- PANT. aaa Sir S. WHALLEY'S speech concluded from The Sun of yester day.—There could, in his opinion, be no better test of the cha racter of a Company than the conduct of the Directors, with regard to the shares they held. If they were large share holders it was an argument of the substantial nature of the concern ; if, on the contrary, they were to be found puffing and disposing of their shares, the very reverse was to be ap prehended. The Directors were said to have taken shares when they were at a premium. The book in which all the de tails were entered, would give the positive and unqualified de nial to the truth of that accusation. At the same time that he made this statement, he must say that the Directors were at liberty to do as they pleased with their own shares. The Chairman then alluded to the circumstances under which the allotment was made. The Chairman next alluded to the charge made by Lucas against the Directors, of having per. witted 2,795 shares to be sold at Manchester, and a conside rable part of the money to be pocketed by one of themselves. When in consequence of the newspaper attack upon the Corn. pany, the shares fell to a discount, to attempt to sell three thousand shares in the London market, would have been quite ridiculous.—(Cheering.) The attempt would have been followed by a much lower depression. It was then suggested that—as Mr. Thorp had many influential friends in Manchester—the exertion of that gentleman's interest would be likely to serve the Company.—(Hear.) The shares were at the time at 7s. 6d. discount, and it was con sidered that if the 3,000 shares were sold at that rate, a great advantage would be derived to the shareholders. He ( Sir Samuel Whalley) and another Director had previously made experiments elsewhere for the sale, but failed ; and they deter mined to apply to Mr. Thorp, who consented to go down to Manchester. Mr. Thorp soon afterwards wrote to the Board that he had sold 2,000 shares, and he paid sums of money into the banker's at different times, there being so much busi ness to be done at that period, that no accounts were settled. Sir Samuel Whalley next described the conduct of Lucas on the subject of those shares. Lucas called upon him and of fered, upon condition of getting 40 shares, to disclose some thing of great importance to the proprietors. The offer was cmtemptuously rejected; and Lucas at length, finding that he could not extort, stated that Mr. Thorp had charged 7s. 6d. a share as brokerage. Mr. Thorp stated that he claimed the money for his connexions at Manchester, who had a right to the deduction. The Directors, however, agreed that as Mr. Thorp was a Director, he could not justify the claim, although, as an individual differently circumstanced, he had the most undeniable title to it. Mr. Richardson, the professional ad siser of the Company, confirmed the general opinion of the Directors, and Mr. Thorp was written to, and answered the letter by remitting a check for the amount of the deficit, 97114 2s. 6d., minus 401. for his expenses. He (Sir S. Whal ley) crossed the check, and sent it to the banker's; and who took the check ? Lucas, the man who brought the accusa tion.—(Laughter and cheers.) After that event, Mr. Thorp rent i❑ his resignation. Thus closed the connexion of the Company with Mr. Thorp, who, he was bound to say, had rendered the most essential services to the Company, and ob tained the most valuable and responsible parties in aid of it. Sir Samuel concluded by expressing the utmost confidence in a Company which promised to be the most profitable portion of the London and Birmingham Railroad.—(Laud cheers.) The report was then read. It stated that the net revenue, after payment of all incidental expenses, would leave a divi dend of upwards of 20/. per cent., taking the lowest calcu lation. Doctor GRAHAM moved that the report should he adopted, after havin,g declared that any doubts which ought have existed as to the conduct of the proprietors had been com pletely removed by the statement of Sir S. Whalley. Mr. Fisis, a shareholder, seconded the resolution, to show that a total change had taken place iu his opinion. Carried unanimously. Mr. CAttvALno moved that the Directors were worthy of the utmost confidence of the proprietors, &c. Ile was the proposer of the resolution which appeared condemnatory of the conduct of the Directors. Mr. MooxE, of Lincoln's Inn, seconded the motion, which was carried unanimously. oh'. FRESUFTELD spoke in the highest terms of Mr. Thorp, and declared that no other man could have got rid of the shar.s in the time and under the circumstances. A resolution, u:preSsive of the thanks of the Company to Mr. Thorp was then proposed, and unanimously agreed to. After some further resolutions the meeting broke up, and the shareholders retired evidently gratified at the explanation made by the Chairman. LONDON UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. TETURN TO AN ADDRESS TO lIIS MAJESTY, DATED AUGUST 19, 1836, FOR COPY OF THE DRAUGHT CHARTERS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON AND THE UNIVEIISITY COLLF.Gr. COPY OF THE DRAUGHT CHARTER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LONDON. William IV., by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, ,defender of 'the faith : to all to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas we have deemed it to be the duty of our Royal office, for the .advancement of religion and morality and the promotion of 'useful knowledge, to hold forth to all classes and denominations of our faithful subjects, without any distinction whatsoever a n encouragement for pursuing a regular and liberal course oftducation ; and considering that many persons do prosecute or complete their studies, both in the metropolis and in oth, - tr parts of our United Kingdom, to whom it is expedi ent that there should be offered such facilities, and on whom it is ;ust that there should be conferred such distinctions and rewar. is, as may incline them to persevere in these their lauda ble pursuits. Now, know ye, that for the purpose of ascer t,,ining,. by means of examinations, the persons who have qui ed aroficiency in literature, science, and art, by the pursuit of such course of education, and of rewarding them by aca demical degrees, as evidence of their respective attainments, and marks of honour proportioned thereunto, we do, by virtue of our prerogative royal, and of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, by these presents for us, our _heirs and successors, will grant, declare, and constitute during our royal will end pleasure, and all the persons wliom we may hereafter appoint to be Chancellor, Vice- Chan ce•ilor, or Fellows, as hereinafter mentioned, one body politic an I corporate, by the name of the University of London, by which name such body politic shall have perpetual succession, and shall have a common seal, and shall by the same name sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, and answer and be answ,N - ed unto in every Court of us, our heirs and successors. And rye do hereby will and ordain that, by the same name, they a.nd their successors shall be able and capable in law to take, purchase, and hold to them and their successors any goods, chattels, or personal property whatsoever, and shall also be able and capable in law, notwithstanding the statutes of mortanain, to take, purchase, and hold to them and their successors, not only all such lands, buildings, hereditaments, and possessions, as may be from tirr.e to time exclusively used and occupied for the immediate purposes of the said University, but also any other lands, buildings, hereditaments, and posses sion whatsoever, situate within our United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding the annual value of 10,000/. ; such annual value to be calculated and ascertained at the period of taking, purchasing, or acquiring the same ; and that they and their successors shall be able and capable in law to grant, demise, alien, or otherwise dispose of all or any of the property, real or personal, belonging to the said Uni versity, and also to do all other matters incidental or apper taining to a body corporate. A n d we d o h ere b y f urt h er w i ll and ordain, that the said body politic and corporate shall con sist of one Chancellor, one Vice-Chancellor, and such number of Fellows or Members of the Senate as we shall from time to time appoint under our sign manual ; and that our trusty and well-beloved the aforesaid be the first Chan cellor the first Vice-Chancellor, and the said be the first Fellows and Members of the Senate thereof. That whenever a vacancy shall occur in the office of Chan cellor of the said University, either by death, resignation, or otherwise, we will, under our sign manual, nominate a fit and proper person to be the Chancellor instead of the Chancellor occasioning such vacancy. That the office of Vice-Chancellor of the said University shall be an annual office, and the Vice-Chancellor hereinbefore named shall, at the expiration of one year from go out of office, and the said fellows or members of the senate shall, at a meeting to be holden by them for that purpose, on some day within a month before the expiration of the said office, of which due notice shall be given, elect one other fit and proper person to be the Vice-Chancellor of the said University, and so from time to time annually ; or, in case of the death, resignation, or other avoidance of any such Vice- Chancellor before the expiration of his year of office, shall, at a meeting to be hold en b y them for that purpose as soon as conveniently may be, o f w hi ch due notice shall begiven, elect so me other fit and prope r p erson to be Vice -Chancellor 10 rfor the remainder of the year, in whi c h such dea - th, resignation, or such per son to be chosen fromosen other avoidance shall happen ; among themselves by the major part of the Fellows present at such meeting, and to be approved of by the Chancellor of the said University for the time being. That we reserve to ourselves to be the visitor of the said University of London, with authority to do all those things which pertain to visitors as often as to us shall seem meet. That the Chancellor , Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows f or t h e time being shall have the entire mana g ement of and superin tendence over the affairs, concerns, and property of th e said University ; and in all cases unprovided for by this our charter it shall he lawful for the Chancellor, Vice-Chancello r , and Fellows, to act in such manner as shall appear to them best calculated to promote the purposes intended by the said Uni_ versity, and the said Chancellor, Vice-Chanc ellor, and Fellows shall have full power from time to time to make and also to alter any by-laws and regulations (so as the same be not re pugnant to the laws of our realm, or to the general . objects aid r provisi ons o f thi s our c h ar t er ) t ouc hing. the exam i nat i ons degrees, and the granting of the same, and touching the mode conv e n i ng tim e o f conven i n the meetings of the Chancellor, Vice- Chancellor,and Fellows, and in general touching all other matters whatsoever regarding the said University; and all such by-laws and regulations when reduced into writing, and after the common seal of the said University has been affixed thereto, shall be binding upon all persons members thereof, and all candidates for degrees to be conferred by the same, all such by-laws and regulations having been first submitted to ~,c of the principal Secretarie s of State, and approved of and countersigned by him. *- s That all questions which shall come before the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows, shall be decided by the ma - jority of the members present, and the chairman at any such ••• meeting shall have a vote, and in case of an equality of votes a second or casting vote. • ' t-no ili question shall be decided a t an y meeting, unless e C liancellor or Vice-Chancellor and five *Fellows, or in the f ~ ? - abgence of the Mancellor and Vice-Chancellor, unless six Fellows at the least shall be present at the time of such decision. That at every meeting of the said Chancellor, Vice-Chan cellor, and Fellows, the Chancellor, or in his absence, the Vice-Chancellor, shall preside as chairman, or, in the absence of both, a chairman shall be chosen by the members present, or the major part. That the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows for the time being, shall have full power from time to time to ap point, and, as they shall see occasion, to remove all necessary examiners, officers, and servants of the said University. That once at least in every year the said Chancellor, Vice- Chancellor, and Fellows, shall cause to be held an examina tion of candidates for degrees, and on every such examination the candidates shall be examined either by examiners appointed for the purpose from among the Fellows by the said Chancel lor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows, or by other examiners so to be appointed; and that on every such examination the can didates shall be examined in as many branches of general knowledge as the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and Fel lows shall consider the most fitting subjects of such exami. nation. And whereas it is expedient to extend the benefits of col leges and establishments already instituted, or which may be hereafter instituted, for the promotion of literature and science, whether incorporated or not incorporated, by connecting them for such purposes with the university created by this our royal charter. We do hereby further will and ordain that all per sons shall be admitted as candidates for the respective de grees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, or Doctor of Laws, to be conferred by the said University of London, on presenting to the said Chancellor, Vice-Chan cellor, and Fellows, a certificate from any of the institutions hereinafter mentioned, to the effect that such candidate has completed the course of instruction which the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows by regulation in that behalf shall determine. That such certificates as aforesaid may be granted from our college called London University College, or from our college called King's College, or from such other institution, corporate or unincorporated, as now is or hereafter shall be established for the purposes of education, whether in the me tropolis or elsewhere within our United Kingdom, and as we, under our sign manual, shall hereafter authorise to issue such certificates. And for the purpose of granting the degrees of Bachelor of Medicine, and Doctor of Medicine, and for the improvement of medical education in all its branches, as well in medicine as in surgery, midwifery, and pharmacy, we do further hereby will and ordain that the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows shall from time to time report to one of our principal Secretaries of State what appear to them to be the medical institutions and schools, ishether corporate or unincorporated, in this our metropolis, or in other parts of our United Kingdom, from which, in the judgment of the said Chancellor, Vice- Chancellor, and Fellows, it may be fit and expedient to admit candidates for medical degrees, and on approval of such report by our said Secretary of State, shall admit all persons as can didates for the respective degrees of Bachelor of Medicine and Doctor of Medicine to he conferred by the said University, on presenting to the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fel lows a certificate from any such institution or school, to the effect that such candidate has completed the course of instruc tion which the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows by regulation in that behalf shall determine ; and it shall be lawful for the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows, from time to time, with the approval of one of our principal Secretaries of State, to vary, alter, and amend any such re ports, by striking out any of the said institutions or schools in cluded therein, or by adding others thereunto. That the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows shall have power to confer the several degrees of Bachelor of Arts, Master of Arts, Bachelor of Laws, Doctor of Laws, Bachelor of Medicine, Doctor of Medicine, and .that such reasonable fees shard be charged for the degrees so con ferred as the said Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor, and Fellows, with the approbation of the Commissioners of our Treasury shall from time to time direct ; and such fees shall be carried to ore general fee-fund for the payment of the expenses of the said University, under the directions and regulations of the Commissioners of onr Treasury, to whom the accounts of income and expenditure of the said University shall once in every year be submitted, which accounts shall be sub ecc to such examination and audit as the said Commissioners cagy direct. That at the conclusion of every examination of the candi dates, the examiners shall declare the name of every candi date whom they shall have deemed to be entitled to any of the said degrees, and the departments of knowledge in which his proficiency shall have been evinced, and also his proficiency in relation to that of other candidates, and he shall receive from the said Chancellor a certificate, under the seal of the said University of London, and signed by the said Chancellor, in which the particulars so declared shall be stated. Provided always, that all by-laws and regulations made from time to time, touching the examinations of candidates, and granting cf degrees shall be submitted for the consideration of one of our principal Secretaries of State, to be approved of by him. And lastly, we do hereby for us, our heirs, and successors, grant and declare that these our letters patent, or the enrol ment or exemplification thereof, shall be in and by all things valid and effectual in law, according to the true intent and meaning of the same, and shall be construed and adjudged in the most favourable and beneficial sense for the best ad vantage of the said University, as well as in all our Courts as elsewhere, notwithstanding any non-recital, mis-recital, un certainty, or imperfection, in these our letters patent. In witness, &c. COPY OF THE DRAUGHT CHARTER FOR LON DON UNIVERSITY COLLEGE. William IV., by the grace of God of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, to all whom these presents shall come, greeting. Whereas our right trusty and right entirely beloved cousin, Edward Adol phus Duke of Somerset, and our trusty and well-beloved John Smith, Esq., and Stephen Lushington, Doctor of Civil Law, have presented their petition to us, setting forth that they, to gether with divers others of our loving subjects, had founded in the neighbourhood of London an institution for the general advancement of literature and science, by affording to young man adequate opportunities for obtaining literary and scientific education at a moderate expense, and that they had subscribed end collected considerable sums of money for the purpose of carrying on the said undertaking, and with the same view had purchased a piece of land in the parish of St. Pancras, in our county of 341iddlesex, and had caused to be erected thereon a building, comprising halls, schools, and lecture-rooms, together with museums, libraries, and other buildings, and offices proper and suitable for conducting the said insti tution, and thereby !facilitating the instruction of youth ; and further setting forth, that for better prosecuting the same design, an indenture, or deed of settlement, bearing date the 11th day of February, 1826, had been duly made and executed by and between the several persons whose names are therein expressed to be parties thereto, and which in. denture or deed bath been duly enrolled in our High Court of Chancery, and contains the several regulations and provi sions under and subject to which the said institution was pro posed to be conducted ; and it was further alleged by the peti tioners that they had been advised that the success of their un dertaking, and the advancement of sound learning and science, would be more effectually attained and promoted were the same to receive our royal sanction and confirmation, and they therefore most humbly besought us to grant them, and to the other persons who had already contributed, or should thereafter contribute, any sum or sums of money towards car rying on the said institution, our royal charter of incorporation for the purposes aforesaid. Now, know ye that we, highly ap proving and bein g desirous of encouragi ng so l au d a bl e a de sign, have for the better carrying on the same, of our especial grace, certain knowledge, and mere motion, willed, granted, constituted, and declared, and do by these presents, for us, our heirs, and successors, will, grant, constitute, and declare, that for the purpose of establishing and maintaining the said institution, the said Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset, John Smith, and Stephen Lushington, and all other the per sons who, according to the terms of the said indenture of the 11th day of February, 1836, are, or shall be, proprietors thereof, shall for the time being, and all the persons who, according to the terms of the said indenture, are or shall be " donors" thereof, shall during their lives, and all persons who shall at any period hereafter become proprietors or donors, accord ing to such by-laws as shall be hereafter made or established as to such proprietors, shall for the time being, and as to such donors shall for life be, and they are by virtue of these pre sents constituted one body politic and corporate for the pur poses aforesaid, by the name of London University College, by which name they shall have perpetual succession, and a common seal, with full power and authority to alter, vary, break, and renew the sam e at t h e i r di scret i on, and b y the same name to sue and be sued, implead and be impleaded, answer and be answered unto, in every court of us, out heirs and suc cessors. And we do hereby will and order, that by the same name they and their successors shall be for ever able and capable in law to take, purchase, receive, possess, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors any goods, chattels, or personal pre perty whatsoever, and also be able and capable in law (notwith standing the statutes in mortmain) to take, purchase, hold, and enjoy to them and their successors, not only the said piece of land so already puichased as aforesaid, together with such other lands, buildings, hereditaments, and possessions, as may be from time to time exclusively used and occupied for the immediate purposes of the said college, but also any other messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditaments whatsoever, the yearly value of which, including the site of the said college, shall not exceed in the whole the sum of 10,0001., computing the same respec tively at the rack-rent which may have been had or gotten for th e same respectively at the time of the purchase or acqui tion thereof, and to act in all the concerns of the body politic and corporate for the purposes aforesaid, as fully and effec- Ireland, tually t o all intents, effects, constructions, and purposes what soever, as any other our liege subjects, or any other body po litic or corporate in our United Kingdom of Great Britain and re spective concerns . t e b er e n ing under any disability, might do in their . re_ and s. And we do hereby grant our special li censements, not exceedingotl .siie-h authority unto all and every person and persons, bodies politic sell, alien, and an e d corporate, otherwise competent, to grant, said college anyonvey further, that the ( in mortmain unto and to the use of . tbe messuages lands, tenements , or heredita 'annual,va‘lue as , aforesaid. • And nzl d fo . r . the time being of the said college ebmuptoonelrydv;ithin they are hereby empowered in like thepromoting ti ntent aforesaid, to accept gifts manner, shall be for in P a r i ° ol of the particular objects of educa tion,between the council and the person or t -e general purposes of the said and e o n r do o vs t i i m er e i n ri t s s o college, on such terms and conditions as may be agreed on for the purpose, per sons bestowing such gift or endowment; provided always, that the said terms and conditions be not inconsistent with any of the provisions of this our charter or with the laws or statutes of this our realm. And' o ur w ill and pleasure is, and we further grant and declare, that there shall be general meetings of the members of the said body politic and corporate, to be held from time to time as hereinafter mentioned, and that there shall always be a council to direct and manage the concerns of the said body politic and corporate, and that the general meetings and the council shall have the entire direction and management of the same in the manner and subject to the regulations hereinafter mentioned. But our will and pleasure is, that at all general meetings the majority of the members present, and having a vote thereat respectively, shall decide upon the matters pro pounded at such meetings, the persons presiding therein hav ing, in case of equality of numbers, a second or casting vote. And we do hereby also will, grant, and declare, that the coun cil shall consist of a President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and not more than twenty-four, and not less than sixteen other members, to be elected out of the members of the said body politic and corporate ; and that the first members of the coun cil, exclusive of the president and treasurer, shall be elected within six calendar months after the date of this our charter; and that our right trusty and well-beloved councillor Henry Lord Brougham and Vaux shall be the first president, and our trusty and well-beloved William Tooke, of Russell-square, in our county of Middlesex, Esquire, the first treasurer, of the said body politic and corporate ; and the said Edward Adolphus Duke of Somerset, John Smith, and Stephen Lush ington, shall be members of the first council of the said body politic and corporate. And we do hereby further will, grant, and declare, that the members of the said body politic and corporate hereby established shall hold one general meeting at the least :in each year, for the purposes hereinafter men tioned; namely, that the said body politic shall at a general meeting choose the President, Vice-President, Treasurer, and other the members of the council, and shall have full power, at any general meeting, to make and establish such by-laws as they shall deem to be useful and necessary for the regu lation of the said body politic and corporate, for the admission of members, for the management of the estates, goods, and business of the said body politic and corporate, and for fixing and determining the manner of electing the President, - Vice- President, Treasurer, and other the members of the council, and the period of their continuance in office, as also of electing and appointing professors, tutors, and such officers, attendants and servants, as shall be deemed necessary or useful for the said body politic and corporate; and shall have full power from time to time at any such meeting to alter, vary, or re voke such by-laws, and to make such new and other by-laws as they shall think most useful and expedient, so that the same be not repugnant to these presents, or to the laws and statutes of this our realm; and shall or may also enter any resolution, or make any regulation, respecting any of the affairs and concerns of the said body politic and corporate that shall he thought necessary and proper. And we further will and declare, that the regulations, clauses, and provisions contained in the said indenture or deed of settlement of the 11th of February, 1826, and all other the existing regula tions of the said institution, made in pursuance of the said in denture or deed of settlement, are and shall be (save in so far as they may be inconsistent with the provisions of this our charter, or the laws and statutes of our realm), and the same are hereby declared to be existing by.laws of the said body politic and corporate, but subject to be altered, varied, or re voked in like manner as any other by-laws of the said body po litic and corporate, to be made by the general meetings of the members of the said body politic and corporate, may, accord ing to the provisions of this our charter, be altered, varied, or revoked. And we further will, grant, and declare, that the council shall have the sole and entire management and super intendence of the said college, as well relating to the income and funds thereof, as to the teaching of the various branches of literature and science therein, and the appointment of professors, tutors, and other masters and instructors, and all other the af fairs and concerns thereof ; and shall, or may, but not incon sistently with or contrary to the provisions of this our charter, or any existing by-law, or the laws and statutes of this our realm, do all such acts and deeds as shall appear - to them necessary or essential to be done for the purpose of carrying into eff.e2t the objects and views of the said body politic and cor porate. And we further will, grant, and declare, that the whole property of the said body politic and corporate shall be vested, and we do hereby vest the same solely and absolutely in the members thereof, and that they shall have full power and authority to sell, alienate, charge, or otherwise dispose of the same, as they shall think proper; but that no sale, mortgage, incumbrance, or other disposition of any messuages, lands, tenements, or hereditament: belonging to the said body politic and corporate, shall be made, except with the approbation an 1 concurrence of a general meeting. And we declare it to be our royal will and pl4asure, that no resolution or by-law shall on any account or pretence whatsoever be made by the said body politic and corporate, in opposition to the general scope, true intent, and meaning of this our charter, or the laws and statutes of our realm ; and that if any such rule or by-law shall be made, the same shall be absolutely null and void to all intents, effects, constructions, and purposes whatever. In witness, &c. Witness, &c. DOVER. SEPT. 14, 1836.—The tempestuous weather during the last three days has very much interfered with the communica tion between this port and France, and since Sunday until to day, we have had no mail from Calais. This morning the weather having moderated, we bad seve ral departures from Calais and Boulogne; amongst them weie Prince Louis de Wittgenstein and his family, the Countess Czernicheff and her family, &c. &c. This afternoon his Majesty's packet Crusader, Captain Lyne, arrived from Calais with his Majesty the King of the Belgians, attended by his Aide-de-Camp General Goblet, and his Secretary Mr. Van l'raet. His Majesty was received here by Mr. Wallez, the Belgian Charge d'Affaires, and Mr. S. M. Latham, the Belgian Con sul, and landed under a salute from the Western Heights, and a guard of honour from the sth Regiment. Colonel Arnold, commanding the garrison; Colonel Cock burn, of the artillery ; the Mayor, and the officers of the Guard, were respectively introduced to his Majesty, and were very graciously received. His Majesty and his suite proceeded about five o'clock for Claremont. COURT CIRCULAR. His Majesty, attended by Sir Herbert Taylor, arrived in town soon after one o'clock yesterday afternoon, from Windsor Castle. The Princess Augusta arrived from Frogmorc-lodge a short time previous to the King, at her residence in the palace. The Duchess of Gloucester paid a visit to her Royal Highness, and also visited his Majesty. Baron Bulow, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipo tentiary from the King of Prussia, had an audience of the King to take leave for a short time. His Excellency was introduced by Viscount Palmerston, his Majesty's principal Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and conducted by Sir Robert Chester, Master of the Ceremonies. Lord James O'Bryen was the Lord in Waiting. Mr. Lichtenberg, Hanoverian Charge d'Affaires, had an au dience of the King. His Majesty also gave audiences to the Earl of iVlinto, Lord Glenelg. Lord Hill, Sir W. Woods, and Sir J. Macdonald. The King left St. James's Palace soon after six o'clock, at. tended by Sir H. Taylor, and escorted by a party of Hussars, on his return to Windsor Castle. Lord Glenelg arrived in town yesterday from Cassiobury Park, Herts. The New York Papers of the 20th of August, mention the death of Mrs. White, relict of the late Hon. Henry White, in in the 100th year of her age. She was daughter of Governor Van Courtland, and mother of General and Admiral White. A considerable estate here devolves to her daughter, Lady Hayes, as the survivor of the Chief Justice Chambers. She had five generations living—Sir Pelham Hayes, Bart., and the children of Lady Fitzwygram. She was honoured with the company of his present Majesty when a midshipman, with Admiral Digby, at New York. Mr. O'Loghlin, the Irish Attorney-General, was a few days since at Baden. Nothing has been ascertained in reference to his intentions as to the vacant Judgeship. He was expected to reach Paris, on his way home, in the course of the present or early in the next week. An Act of Parliament is to be applied for next Session to improve the port and the city of Bristol, and to render the police more efficient. It has also been proposed and agreed to, that 2,0001. out of the borough-rate should be appropriated to the purpose. The Marquis and Marchioness of Londonderry, after visiting Baden and other parts of Germany, travelled to the Danish capital ; they were graciously received by the King, and on their route thence they intend to visit the Court of Prussia, and the Duke and Duchess of Cumberland at Berlin. Wynyard-house, during the absence of the Marquis and Marchioness, has been newly adorned and repaired, pre paratory to the festivities at Christmas, which, we understand, are to be on a very extensive scale. The Earl and Countess Cowper will remain abroad some time, for the benefit of the he a lth o f t h e i r younges t daughter, Lady Frances, whom they took to the Continent about three years ago for the same purpose. The Earl and Countess of Chesterfield proceed From Gesling, his Lordship's hunting-seat in Nottinghamshire, for the races at Doncaster. Owing to the recent death in the family, the Earl and Countess do not see company until the close of the month. Lord Frederick and Lady Augusta Gordon left St. Margaret's, the villa of the Marquis of Ailsa at Isleworth, on Tuesday, on a visit to the Marquis of Huntley, at Aboyne, Aberdeen. The Duke of Rutland is expected to join a shooting party in November. General Sebastiani will return to his post in London on the Ist of October, and Lord Granville is expected at Paris about the same period. The Emperor and Empress of Austria made their solemn entry into Prague on the Ist instant, with great pomp. The Duke of Bedford and the Marquis of Abercorn subscribed 100/. each for the erection of a monument in Scot land to the memory of the late Duke of Gordon. The Earl of Kintore and the Earl of Dalhousie have subscribed 501. each for the same object. The Baroness Rayleigh died on Tuesday at Bath. Her Ladyship was born the 29th of May, 1758, and in 1789 married Colonel Holden Strutt, by whom she had three children ; the second of whom, her eldest son, succeeds to the title. His Lordship was born in January, 1796. The late Baroness was aunt of the Duke of Leinster, and was created a Peeress in 1821. Green's new balloon is announced for its second ascent on Wednesday next, with a larger car, which is to hold ten persons. THE MARRIAGE ACT. The following are the enactments of the Act entitled " An Act for Marriages in England," which received the Royal assent on the 17th of August, 1836 :- 1. That after the Ist day of March, in the year 1837, notwithstand ing anything in this Act contained, all the rules prescribed by the Ru brick concerning the solemnising of marriages shall continue to be duly observed by every person in holy orders of the Church of England, who shall solemnise any marriage in England; provided always, that where by any law or canon in force before the passing of this Act it is pro vided that any marriage maybe solemnised after publication of bans, such marriage may be solemnised in like manner on production of the re gistrar's certificate, as hereinafter provided; provided also, that nothing in this Act contained shall affect the right of the Archbishop of Canter bury and his successors, and his and their proper officers, to grant spe cial licenses to marry at any convenient time and place, or the right of any surrogate or other person now having authority to grant licenses for marriages. 2. That the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers, and also persons professing the Jewish religion, may continue to contract and solemnize marriages according to the usages of the said society and of the said persons respectively; and every such marriage is hereby declared and confirmed good in law, provided that the parties to such marriage be both of the said society, or both persons professing the Jewish religion respectively, provided also that the notice to the registrar shall have been given, and the registrar's certificate shall have issued in manner hereinafter provided. 3. That the superintendent registrar of births and deaths of every union, parish, or place, shall be, in right of his office, superintendent registrar of marriage with such union, parish, or place, and that such union, parish, or place shall be deemed the district of such superinten. dent-registrar of marriages. 4. That in every case of marriage intended to be solemnized in Eng land after the said Ist day of March according to the rites of the Church of England (unless by license, or by special license, or after publication of bans), and in every case of marriage intended to be solemnized in England after the said Ist day of March according to the usages of the Quakers or Jews, or according to any form authorised by this Act, one of the parties shall give notice under his or her hand, in the form of Sche. dule A, to this Act annexed, or to the like effect, to the superintendent. registrar of the district within which the parties shall have dwelt for not less than seven days then next preceding ; or if the parties dwell in the districts of different superintendent-registrars shall give the like no tice to the superintendent-registrar of each district, and shall state therein the name and surname, and the profession or condition of each of the parties intending marriage, the dwelling place of each of them, and the time not being less than seven days during which each has dwelt therein, and the church or other building in which the marriage is to be solemnised ; provided that if either party shall have dwelt in the place stated in the notice during more than one calendar month it may he stated therein that he or she hath dwelt there onemonth and upwards. 5. That the superintendent-registrar shall file all such notices, and keep them with the records of his office, and shall also forthwith enter a true copy of all such notices fairly into a book, to be for that purpose furnished to him by the registrar general, to be called" The Marriage Notice Book," the cost of providing which be defrayed in like manner as the cost of providing register-books of births and deaths; and the mar riage notice-book shall be open at all reasonable times without fee to all persons desirous of inspecting the same ; and for every such entry the superintendent.registrar shall be entitled to have a fee of is. 6. That if such superintendent-registrar shall be clerk to the guardians of any poor-law union, or of any parish or place comprising the district for which such superintendent-registrar shall act, he shall read such no tices as hereinafter directed : and if he shall not be such clerk then he shall transmit to such clerk on the day previous to each weekly meeting of such guardians all such notices of intended marriage as he shall have received on or since the day previous to the weekly meeting immediately preceding the same; and such clerk shall read such notices immediately after the minutes of the proceedings of such guardians at their last meet ing shall have been read ; and such notices shall be so read three several times in three successive weeks at the weekly meetings of such guar dians, unless in any case license for marriage shall be sooner granted, and notice of such license being granted shall have been given to such clerk ; provided also ti.at if it shall happen that the board of guardians of any such union, parish, or place, shall not so meet it shall be sufficient for the purposes of this Act that such notice shall be read at any meeting of such guardians which shall be held within 21 days from the day ofsuch notice being entered. 7. That after the expiration of seven days, if the marriage is to be solemnized by license, or of 21 days if the marriage is to be solemnised without license, after the entry of such notices, the superintendent-regis trar, upon being requested so to do by, or on behalf of the party by whom the notice was given, shall issue under his hand a certificate in the form of Schedule (B) to this Act annexed, provided that no lawful impedi ment be shown to the satisfaction of the superintendent-registrar why such certificate should not issue, and provided that the issue of such certificate shall not have been sooner forbidden in manner hereafter mentioned by any person or persons authorised in that behalf, as here inafter is provided : and every such certificate shall state the particulars set forth in the notice, the day on which the notice was entered, and that the full period of seven days or of 21 days (as the case may be) has elapsed since the entr♦ of such notice, and that the issue of such certi ficate has not been forbidden by any person or persons authorised in that behalf; and for every such certificate the superintendent-registrar shall be entitled to have a fee of Is. 8. That the registrar-general shall furnish to every superintendent registrar a sufficent number of forms of certificates, the cost of which shall be accounted for by the superintendent-registrar to the registrar_ general ; and in order to distinguish the certificates to be issued for mar riages by license from the certificates to be issued for marriages without license, a watermark in the form of the word " license," in Roman letters, shall be laid and manufactured in the substance of the paper in which the certificates to be issued for marriage by license shall be written or printed; and every certificate to be issued for marriage by license shall be written with red ink, and every certificate to be issued for marriage without license shall be printed with black ink, all such other distinctive marks between the two kinds of certificates shall be used from time to time as shall seem fit to the registrar_general. 9. That any person authorised in that behalf may forbid the issue of the superintendent-registrar's certificate by writing at any time before the issue of such certificate the word" forbidden" opposite to the entry of the notice of such intended marriage in the marriage notice-book, and by subscribing thereto his or her name and place of abode, and his or her character, in respect of either of the parties, by reason of which he or she is so authorised ; and in case the issue of any such certificate shall have been so forbidden the notice and all proceedings thereupon shall be utterly void. 10. That after the said let clay of March the like consent will be re quired to any marriage in England solemnised by license as would have been required by law to marriages solemnised by license immediately before the passing of this Act; and every person whose consent to a marriage by license is required by law is hereby authorised to forbid the issue of the superintendent registrar's certificate, whether the marriage was intended to be by license or without license. 11. That after the said Ist day of March every superintendent-regis trar shall have authority to grant licenses for marriage in any building registered as hereinafter provided within any district under his superin tendence, or in his office, in the form of schedule (C) to this Act an. nexed, and for every such license shall be entitled to have of the party requiring the same the sum of 3/. above the value of the stamps ne cessary on granting such license ; and every superintendent.registrar shall four times in every year, on such days as shall be appointed by the registrar-general, make a return to the registrar-general of every license granted by him since his last return, and of the particulars stated concerning the parties; providing always that no superintendent-regis_ trar shalt grant any such license until he shall have given security by his bond in the sum of 1001. to the registrar-general for the due and faithful execution of his office; provided also, that nothing herein contained shall authorise any superintendent-registrar to grant any li cense for marriage in any church or chapel in which marriages may be solemnised according to the rites of the Church of England, or In any church or chapel belonging to the Church of England or licensed for the celebration of divine worship according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, or any license for marriage iu any registered build ing which shall not be within this district. 12. That before any license for marriage shall be granted for any such superintendent-registrar, one of the parties intending marriage shall ass_ pear personally before such superintendent-registrar, and in case the notice of such intended marriage shall not have been given to such su perintendant-registrar shall deliver to him the certificate of the superin tendent-registrar or superintendent-registrars to whom such notice shall have been given, and such party shall make oath, or shall take his or her solemn affirmation of declaration, instead of taking an oath, that he or she believeth that there is not any impediment of kindred or alliance, or other lawful hindrance, to the said marriage ; and that one of the said parties bath for the space of fifteen days immediately before the day of the grant such license had his or her usual place of abode within the dis trict within which such marriage is to be solemnised, and where either of the parties not being a widower or widow shall be under the age of 21 years, that the consent of person or persons whose consent to such marriage is required by law has been obtained thereto, or that there is no person having authority to give such consent as the case may be ; and all such licenses and declarations shall be respectively liable to the same stamp duties as licenses for marriage granted by the ordinary of any diocese, and affidavits made in order to procure the same. 13. That any person, on payment of five shillings,smay enter a caveat with the superintendent-registrar against the grant of a certificate or a license for the marriage of any person named therein ; and if any caveat be entered with the superintendent-registrar, such caveat being duly signed by or on behalf of the person who entet•s the same, together with his or her place of residence, and the ground of objection on which his or her caveat is founded no certificate or license shall issue or be granted until the superintendent.registrar shall have examined into the matter of the caveat, and is satisfied that it is not to obstruct the grant of the certificate or license for the said marriage, or until the caveat be withdrawn by the party who entered the same; provided that, in cases of doubt, it shall be lawful for the superintendent-registrar to refer the matter of any such caveat to the registrar-general, who shall decide upon the same; provided likewise that in case of the superintendent registrar refusing the grant of the certificate or license the person apply ing for the same shall have a right to appeal to the registrar_general, who shall thereupon either confirm the refusal or direct the grant of the certificate or license. 14. That after the said Ist day of Match, no marriage after such notice as aforesaid, unless by virtue of a license to be granted by the superinten dent-registrar, shall be solemnized or registered in England, until after the expiration of 21 days after the entry of such notice as aforesaid; and no marriage shall be solemnized by the license of any superintendent. registrar or registered until after the expiration of seven days after the the day of the entry of such notice as aforesaid. 15. That whenever a marriage shall not be had within three calendar months after the notice shall have been so entered by the superintendent. registrar, the notice and certificate, i and any license which may have been granted thereupon, and all other proceedings thereupon, shall be utterly void; and no person shall proceed to solemnise the marriage, nor shall any registrar register the same, until new notice shall have been given, and entry made, and certificate thereof given, at the time, and in the manner aforesaid. 16. That the superintendent's certificate,or, in case the parties shall have given notice to the superintendent of different districts, the cer tificate of each superintendent shall be delivered to the officiating mi. nister, if the marriage shall be solemnised according to the rites of the Church of England; and the said certificate or license shall be delivered to the registering officer of the people called Quakers for the place where the marriage is solemnised, if the same shall be solemnised according to the usages of the said people; or to the officer of a syna. gogue by whom the marriage is registered, if the same shall be solem nised according to the usages of persons professing the Jewish religion ; and in all other cases shall be delivered to the registrar present at the marriage, as hereinafter provided. 17. That it shall be lawful for the superintendant.registrar of any union, parish, or place, subject to the approval of the board of guardians thereof, to appoint, by writing, under his hand, such person or persons as he may think fit, with such qualifications as the registrar-general, by any general rule, may declare to be necessary, to be a registrar or re gistrars, for the purpose of being present at marriages to be solemnised by virtue of this Act, at which the presence of a registrar is made neces sary, and every such registrar of marriages shall hold his office during the pleasure of the superintendent-registrar by whom he was appointed, or of the registrar -general. 18. That any proprietor or trustee of a separate building, certified according to law as a place of religious worship, may apply to the super intendent-registrar of the district, in order that such building may be registered for solemnising marriages therein, and i❑ such'Case shall de liver to the superintendent-registrar a certificate, signed in duplicate by twenty householders at the least, that such building has been used by them during one year at the least as their usual place of public religious worship, and that they are desirous that such place should be registered as a aforesaid, each of which certificates shall be countersigned by the proprietor or trustee by whom the same shall be delivered ; and the su perintendent -registrar shall send both certificates to the registrar-gene ral, who shall register such building accordingly in a book to be kept for that purpose at the general register-office; and the registrar-general shall endorse on both certificates the date of the registry, and shall keep one certificate with the other records of the general register-office, and shall return the other certificate to the superintendent-registrar, who shall keep the same with the other records of his office; and the super intendent-registral shall enter the date of the registry of such building in a book to be furnished to him for that purpose by the registrar.gene ral, and shall give a certificate of such registry under his hand, on parchment or vellum, to the proprietor or trustee by whom the certifi cates are countersigned, and shall give public notice of the registry thereof by advertisement in some newspaper circulating within the county, and in the " London Gazette;" and for every such entry, certi ficate and publication, the superintendent -registrar shall receive at the time of the delivery to him of the certificates the sum of Si. 19. That if at any time subsequent to the registry of any building for solemnising marriages therein it shall be made to appear to the satisfac tion of the registrarsgeneral that such building has been disused for the public religious worship of the congregation on whose behalf it was re. gistered as aforesaid the registrar-general shall cause the registry thereof to be cancelled ; provided that if it shall be proved to the satisfaction of the registrar-general that the same congregation use instead thereof some other building for the purpose of public religious worship the registrar general may substitute and register such new place of worship instead of the disused building, although such new place of worship may not have been used for that purpose during one year then next preceding; and every application for cancelling the registry of any such building, or for such substitution and registry of a substituted building, shall be made to the registrar-general by or through the superintendent-registrar of the district ; and such cancel or substitution, when made, shall be made known by the registrar-general to the superintendent-registrar, who shall enter the fact and the date thereof in the book provided for the registry of such buildings, and shall certify and publish such cancel or substitu tion and registry, in manner hereinbefore provided in the case of the original registry of the disused building ; and for every such substitu tion the superintendent -registrar shall receive, at the time of the delivery of the certificate from the party requiring the substitution, the sum of Si. ; and after such cancel or substitution shall have been made by the registrar_general it shall not be lawful to solemnize any marriage in such disused building, unless the same shall be again registered in the manner hereinbefore provided. 20. That after the expiration of the said period of twenty-one days, or of seven days if the marriage is by license, marriages may be solem nized in the registered building stated as aforesaid in the notice of such marriage, between and by the parties described in the notice and certifi cate, according to such form and ceremony as they may see fit to adopt : provided, nevertheless, that every such marriage shall be solemnized with open doors, between the hours of eight and twelve o'clock in the forenoon, in the presence of some registrar of the district in which such registered building is situate, and of two or more credible witnesses ; provided also, that in some part of the ceremony, and in presence of such registrar and witnesses, each of the parties shall declare— " I do solemnly declare that I know not of any lawful impediment why I, A B, may not be joined in matrimony to C D. And each of the parties shall say to the other, " I call upon these persons here present so witness, that I, A B, do take thee C D, to be my lawful wedded wife (or husband)," provided also, that there be no lawful impediment to the marriage of such parties. 21. That any person who shall object to marry under the provisions of this Act in any such registhred building may, after due notice and cer. tifleate issued as aforesaid, contract and solemnize marriage at the office, and in the presence, of the superintendent_registrar, and some registrar of the district, and in the presence of two witnesses, with open doors, and between the hours aforesaid, making the declaration and using the form of words hereinbefore provided in the case of marriage in any such registered buildings. 22. That the registrar shall be entitled for every marriage which shall be solemnised under this Act in his presence to have from the parties married the sum of 109. if the marriage shall be by license, and other. wise the sum of ss. 23. And be it enacted, that the registrar shall forthwith register every marriage solemnised in manner aforesaid in his presence in a mar riage register-book to be furnished to.him for that purpose from time to time by the registrar_general, according to the form provided for the registration of marriages by an Act made in this present session of Parliament, entitled " An Act for registering Births, Deaths, and Marriages in England," the cost of which shall be defrayed in like manner as the cost of providing register books of births and deaths; and every entry of such marriage shall he signed by the person by or before whom the marriage shall have been solemnised, if there shall be any such person, and by the registrar, and also by the parties married, and attested by two witnesses ; and every such entry shall be made in order from the beginning to the end of the book. 24. That in every year, on such days as shall from time to time be appointed by the registrar general, within one calendar month next after the Ist day of April, the Ist day of July, the Ist day of October, and the Ist day of January respectively, every register shall make and deliver to the superintendent-register of his district a true copy, certified by him under Isis harid, according to the form of ache. dule (D) to this Act annexed, of all the entries of marriage in the regis ter book kept by him since the last delivery, and the superintendent registrar shall verify the same, and if found to be correct shall cer tify the same under his hand to be a true copy ; and if there shall have been no marriage registered since the delivery of the last cer tified copy, the registrar shall certify the fact, and such certificate shall he delivered to the superintendent_registrar as aforesaid, and countersigned by him ; and the registrar shall keep safely the said re gister book until it shall be filled, and shall then deliver it to the super intcndent-registrar, to be kept by him with the records of his office. 25. That after any marriage shall have been solemnised it shall not be necessary in support of such marriage to give any proof of the actual dwe.ling of either of the parties previous to the marriage within the district wherein such marriage was solemnised for the time required by this Act, or of the consent of any person whose consent thereunto is re. quired by law ; nor shall any evidence be given to prove the contrary in any suit touching the validity of such marriage. 26. And whereas it is expedient that provision should be made, under proper restrictions, for relieving the inhabitants of populous districts re mote from the parish church, or from any char el wherein marriages may be lawfully celebrated according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, from the inconvenience to which they may be thereby subjected in the solemnisation of their marriages; be it there fore enacted, that, with the consent under the hand and seal of the patron and incumbent respectively of the church of the parish or district in which may be situated any public chapel with or without a chapelry thereunto annexed, or any chapel duly licensed for the celebration of Divine service according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, or any chapel the Minister whereof is duly licensed to officiate therein according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, or without such consent after two calendar months' notice in writing given by the registrar of the diocese to such patron and incumbent respectively, the Bishop of the diocese may, if lie shall think it necessary for the due accommodation and convenience of the in habitants, authorise by a license under his hand and seal the so lemnisation of marriages any such chapel for persons residing within a district the limits whereof shall be specified in the Bishop's license, and under such provisions as to the amount, appropriation, or apportion ment of the dues, and as to other particulars, as to the said Bishop may seem fit, and as may be specified in the said license ; provided that it shall be lawful for any patron or incumbent who shall refuse or with. hold consent to the grant of any such license to deliver to the Bishop, under ,his or her hand and seal, a statement of the reasons for which such consent shall have been refused or withholden ; and no such license shall be granted by any Bishop until he shall have inquired into the matter of such reasons; and every instrument of consent of the patron and incumbent, or, if such consent be refused or withholder, a copy of the notice under the hand of the registrar, and every statement of reasons as alleged aforesaid by the patron or incumbent, with the Bishop's adjudication thereupon under his hand and seal, shall be re gistered in the registry of the diocese ; and thenceforth, and until the said license be revoked, marriages solemnised in such chapel shall be as valid to all intents and purposes as if the same had been solemnised in the parish church, or in any chapel where marriages might heretofore have been leg oily solemnised. 27. And be it enacted, that all fees, dues, and other emoluments on account of the solemnization of marriages which belong to the incum bent or clerk respectively of any church or chapel in any parish or dis. trict within which the solemnisation of marriages shall be authorised as aforesaid shall respectively be received, until the avoidance of such church or chapel next after the passing of this Act, for and on account of such incumbent, and until the vacancy in the office of clerk next after the passing of this Act, fur and on account of such clerk, and be paid over to them, except such portion of the fees, dues, or other emoluments as the said Bishop of the diocese, with the consent of the said incumbent and clerk respectively, shall in such aforesaid license assign to the Mi. nister and clerk respectively of the chapel in which the solemnisation of marriages shall be authorised as aforesaid ; and that it shall be lawful for the said Bishop in and by such license, without any such consent, to de- I dare that from and after such next avoidance or vacancy respectively the whole or such part of the fees, dues, and other emoluments on account of the solemnisation of marriages in such last-mentioned chapel as shall be specified in such license, shall be receivable, and the same shall thence forth be received by or for the Minister and clerk of such chapel respec tively. 28. That when the said Bishop shall authorise the solemnisation of marriages in any such chapel as aforesaid, without the consent under the hand and seal of the patron and incumbent respectively, it shall be lawful for them, or either of them, to appeal within one calendar month to the Archbishop of the province, who shall hear the same in a summary man ner, and shall make such order, confirming, revoking, or varying the license so given, as to him shall seem meet and expedient, which order shall be registered in the registry of the diocese, and shall be conclusive and binding on all parties whatsoever. 29. That there shall be placed in some conspicuous part in the inte. rior of every chapel in respect of which such license shall be given as aforesaid a notice in the words following :—" Marriages may be solem nised in this chapel." 311 That all provisions which shall from time to time be in forte re. lative to marriages, and to providing, keeping, and transmitting register. books and copies of registers of marriages solemnised in any parish church, shall extend to any chapel in which the solemnisation of mar riages shall be authorised as aforesaid, in the same manner as if the same were a parish church, and everything required by law to be done relating thereto by the Rector, Vicar, Curate, or Churchwardens respec tively of any parish church shall be done by the officiating Minister, chapelwarden, or other person exercising analogous duties in such chapel respectively. 31. Provided always, that, notwithstanding any such license as afore. said to solemnise marriages in any such chapel, the parties may, if they think fit, have their marriage solemnised in the parish church, or in any chapel in which heretofore the marriage of such parties, or either of them, might have been legally solemnised. 32. That any such licence or order may at any time be reTeked by writing under the hand and seal of the Bishop of the diocese, with the consent in writing of the Archbishop of the province; and such revo. cation and consent shall be registered in the registry of the diocese, the registrar whereof shall notify the same in writing to the Minister ofli. ciating in the chapel, and shall also give public notice thereof by adver. tisement in some newspaper circulating within the county, and in the London Gazette, and thenceforth the authority to solemnise marriages in such chapel shall cease and determine. 33. That in case of the revocation of the license to solemnise mar riages in any such chapel all registers of marriages solemnised therein under such license, which shall be in the custody or possession of the Minister of such chapel at the time of such revocation, shall forthwith be transmitted to the incumbent or officiating Minister of the parish church, and shall thenceforth be preserved, and in all other respects dealt with in the same manner, and be of the same force and validity, to all intents and purposes, as if they had been originally made and de posited with such incumbent or officiating Minister; and that such incumbent or Minister shall, when he next transmits to the superintend ent-registrar copies of the registers of marriages solemnised in such parish church, also therewith transmit copies of all such entries as shall have been made in such first-mentioned registers subsequent to the date of the last entry, a copy whereof was transmitted to the superin tendent registrar, and shall also transmit to him one copy of every re gister book an transmitted to him of which no copy shall have been al ready transmitted to the superintendent-registrar, having first signed his name at the foot of the last entry therein. 34. That the registrar of every diocese shall within fifteen days after the said first day of March, and also within fifteen days after the Ist of January in every succeeding year, make out and send through the Post Office, directed to the registrar-general of births, deaths, and marriages, at his office, a list of all chapels belonging to the Church of England within that diocese wherein marriages may lawfully be solemnized according to the rites and ceremonies of the Church of England, and shall distinguish in such list which have a parish, chapelry, or other recognised ecclesiastical division annexed to them, and which are chapels licensed by the Bishop under this Act, and shall state therein the district fur which each of such chapels is licensed according to the description thereof in the license; and the registrar -general shall in every year make out and cause to be printed a list •of all such chapels, and also of all places of public worship registered under the provisions of this Act,. and shall state in such list the county and registrar's district within which each chapel or reg Play istered building is situated, and shall add also the names an d abode of the registrars and deputy-registrars of each district, a thesuperintendent-registrars, and a copy of such list shall be sent to registrar and superintendent-registrar. 35. That every marriage solemnised under this Ac t shall be godeti. cognisable in like manner as marriages before the pass in g of this cording to the rites of the Church of England. . a errlrge 36. That it shall be lawful for the registrar before whoM an Y r o e s is solemnised according to the provisions of this Act to ask o f the to be married the several p ar ti cu l ars requ i r ed to be regist ered toll a" such marriage. is 37. That every person wh o s h a ll en t er a caveat with t he supe ecs „„ dent-registrar against the gr an t o f an y li ce nse or issue of any ccruti, on grounds which the registr ar - genera l s h a ll declare to be frivolo ;Die that they ought not to obstruct th e gran t o f the license, shall b e red in $ for the costs of the proceedings, and for damages, to be rev)/e such special action upon the case by th e par ty ag ainst whose marriage caveat shall have been entered. make ant 38. That every person who shall knowingly an d wilfully o ls false declaration or sign any false no ti ce or c ertificate requ ired „ b 1 who Act, for the purpose of procuring any marriage, and shall forbid the issue of any superintendent-registrar's certificasi„ b y falsely representing himself or herself to be a person whose consent t 0 everY Per l " e, such marriage is required by law, knowing such representation false, shall suffer the penaltie h s of perjury. t hSil March , 39. That every person wo, after the said Ist day of knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in England , ttcePeor special license, In any other place than a church or chapel in Woof ria,ies may be solemnized acco r di ng t o th e r ites of the Church n otice land, or than the register e d b u ildi ng or o ffi ce specified i n the in the and certificate as aforesaid, sh a ll b e gu ilty of felony (e xceP o t " 0 011 case of a marriage between two o f th e S oc i e ty of Friend s ' c I n etwe en called Quakers, according to th e usages o f th e said society , or °she two persons professing th e J e wi s h re li g i on , accor ding to the usagesr Ace Jews) ; and every person w h o i n any suc h reg i s tered build ing Shall knowingly and wilfully solemnize any marriage in the abet;is a registrar of the district in which such registered building ornoolno situated shall be guilty of felony ; and e ver y person who shall klstday and wilfully solemnize any marriage in England after the sai d e petitsof March (except by license) withi n 21 d a y s a ft e r the entry of thby li to the superintendent-registrar, as aforesaid, or if the marriage r n os cense, within seven days after such entry, or after three calendar aft4o.s er uch entry shall be guilty of felony. t r e e That every superintendent-registrar who shall knowingly ~ t re e ca' fully issue any certificate for marriage after the expiration of r"'nfere lendar months after the notice shall have been entered by On ° owl of said, or any certificate f or marr i age b y li cense b e f o re the elPi..°' rage seven days after the entry of the noti ce , or an y certificate f or ' — he en try vithout license, before the expiration of twenty-one days after t 'L li for. of the notice, or any certificate the issue of which shall hare b ` - n olie bidden as aforesaid, by any p erson au th or i se d t o f o rbid the i ssue e r sof registrar's certificate, or wh o s h a ll k now i ng l y an d wilfully reffiL wao marriage herein declared to be null and void; and every reg i n t shall knowingly and wilfully issue any license for marriage a fie ,„ a r piration of three calendar m o nth, a ft er th e not i ce s hall hare w" Wl 4ll tered by the registrar as afore sa id, or w h o s h a ll k now ing'', u nd is vo id' in his office any m a r r i age h ere i n d ec l are d to be null °- shall be guilty of felony. re d Wit h ' 41. That every prosecution u n d er thi s A c t s h a ll be comme n t in the space of three years after the offence committed. r a ag e 42. That if any person s h a ll k now i ng l y and w ilf u ll y interrea' „ " l , sof the said first day of March under the provisions of this Act ce, et place other than the chur c h, c h ape l , registered bu ildi n g, or withou t other place specified in the notice and certificate aforesaid, o r as due notice to the supe r i n t en d en t -reg i strar, or without c ertifica te 'i j oe , tice duly issued, or without license, in case a license is neceso nl o i s trat , this Act, or in the absence of a registrar or su rintendentinw where thepresence of a registrar or superintendent registrar n- eV ert ; under this Ac•, the marriage of such persons, except in a n l i f Mailer excepted, shall be null and void ; provided always, herein contained shall extend to annul any marriage leg ally ye ar raised according to the provisions of an Act passed in the i bu d d the of his late Majesty George IV., en titl e d " An Act f o r O len " - laws ri;pecting the solemnization o f M arr i ages i n England: Os _„°. 43. That if any valid marriage shall b e h a d un d e r the PO' ens this Act by means of any wilfully false notice, cer tifi c ate, or sle C A ' $ no' made by either party to such marri age , as to any matter to w hi ;il,l o tice, certificate, or declaration is he re i n requ i re d , it s hall be I L his Majesty's Attorney-General or Solicitor-General to su e ~a a llee feiture of all estate and interest in any p ro p er t y accru i n g to the ot.vconsea party by such marrirge ; and the p rocee di ngs t h ere upon an e d W it !, quences thereof shall be the same as are prov id e d i n the like regard to marriages solemnised by license before the pass i n g of th according to the rites of the Church o f E ng l an d . tee 44. That this Act shall be take n t o be part of the said A ct WO; tering births, deaths, and marriages, as f u ll y an d e ff ec t u ally a ale s a t porated therewith, and that all the p rov i s i ons an d penalties cols' 0 Act relating to any registrar or regi s t er o f marr i ages, o r ,413- 0 til ,u ; thereof, shall betaken to extend to th e reg i s t rars an d registers _/ so f '" riages to be solemnised under this A c t an d t o t h e cer tified thereo f' as the same are applicable thereunto. ter ° 45. That this Act shall extend only to England, and shall ne " to the marriage of any of the Royal Family. rialiSf REGISTRATION of BIRTHS, DEA AND MARRIAGES. ;eei yøJ The following are the clauses of this Act which r e the Royal assent on the 17th ult ill., C. 1. This clause merely repeals so much of the Acts of G e f a es• 146, and 4 Geo. IV., c, 76, as re l a t es t o t h e registration o f mat" o gire',;: 2. That it shall be lawful for his Majesty to provide a prope r o we , London or Westminster, to be called " The General RePst er b is S e ; for keeping a register of all births, deaths, an d marriages f 00 0 4 jetty's subjects in England, an d t o appo i nt for the sa id office desd i Great Seal of the United Kingdom a registrar-general of births, and marriages in England, and from time to time, at the said registrar_general and appoint some other person in his ssiestio 3. That the Lord Treasurer or Lords Commissioners of ec , to t o , Treasury, or any three of them, or the registrar-general, ;MO to approval of the said Lords Commissioners, shall appoint, fr ° '" oo 36_ o. time, such officers, clerks, and servants as they shall deem nee ore carry on the business of the general registry office, and at Pi e !, Cor e :, move them or any of them ; and the said Lord Treasurer or Le L " - e , f isP; pleasure, toer; missioners shall fix the salary of the registrar.general, so that T o shall not at any time exceed the sum of 1,0001. yearly, and sh al o oDe‘ salaries of the officers, clerks, and servants in fit proportion, 3 to the duties they may have to perform. ; A fge. eel' 4. That the salaries of the r eg i s t rar-genera l , an d o f the sas-- clerks, and servants, and the amount of the sums hereinafter V e ersr to be paid to the super in t en d en t -reg i strars for every en t r y in %eoil fled copies of the regi s t ers, an d a ll expenses of carry i ng o n the fits' paid the general registry office not herein o th erw ise prov ided for, O r , paid by the said L or d T reasurer or Lords Commiss i oner s 0/ 1 J os ow jetty's Treasury out of the Consolidated Fund of the United of Great Britain an d I re l and . or the : 11 .010 5. That one of hi s M a j esty ' s principal Secretaries o f state , xegistrar_general, with the approbation of such principal Secret go o" Time to time m a y ma k e regulations for the managemen t o r th offiae.,_lfr gister office, and for the duties of the registrar-general, clerks , fi trai;• and servants of th e sa id office, and of the registrars, deputy -Oa-00e, and superintendent-registrars hereinafter mentioned, i n the el ec nt ioet j this Act so that th ey b e not contrary to the provisions herein the _l and the regulations so made and approved shall be binding nn eA stil' . registrar-general, clerks, officers, an d servan t s, an d on the I deputy -registrars, and superintendent-registrars. , to O le of 6. That the regi s t rar - genera l s h a ll send once in veil' Y r obe r ;0 the principal Secret ar i es o f St ate a general abstract o f then rot, sop births, deaths, and marria ges reg i s t ere d d ur i ng t h e foregei ng 4 o; such form as the sa id S ecre t ary from time to time s h a ll re'll' ot .olii" every such annual general abstract shall be laid before Parlialre'root one month after receipt th ereo f , or a ft er t h e meeting of roli thi , po w . 7. That the guardians of ever y un i on d eclare d under eg ent . tr p sions of an Act passed in the sth and 6th years of his jetty, entitled, " An Act for the Amendment and better A; y ol i d tion of the Laws relating to the P oor i n E ngland an d • IP - of of every parish or place in which a board of guar di an s shall 400 00: established under the provisions o f the last-named Act , ,t 0 before the Ist day of October in this year, if the said boas i 0 Act , t d, dians shall have been establi s h e d b e f ore the passing of th a 12 , °$ 01i0 within three calendar month s next after the establishment o f orge' ifthe said board shall not have been established before the a ~ e y ore Act, divide the union or the perish or place of which t- 0 the on guardians into such and so many districts as they, subje ct : o h di r . s . - 0, proval of the registrar_general, shall think fit ; and every sm ote 1 11 ' 0 16 when made shall be published by the guardians with ilt . o s tb.,,,j e parish, or place of which they are guardians, in such ina nr ,, l- „, s i :ooa registrar-general shall direct; and every such district shis . . l " - eg sP eo l a distinct name, and shall be a registrar's district ; an d. _ tb o rsg en , shall appoint a person, with such qualifications as the reit. _ d istr.: irs may, by any general rule, declare to be necessary, to be Wof er; births and deaths within each district, and in every case d t be C ol the office of registrar shall forthwith fill up the vacancy; if O l e " to the guardians of every such union, parish, or place abaft, the of think fit to accept such office, and have such qualificatio na e ,. De i lk trar - general may by any general rule declare to be rle 3"foisl°r die' superintendent-registrar thereof; and in the event able re fi t aPe,rola qualification to act in that capacity the guardians shall alirs e lera` .4o o, with such qualifications as the registrar-general may by a n Y g o eb°" - declare to be necessary to be the superintendent-registrar ei o giee or of such pa r i s h or place, and in every case of vacancy ° f tt a pd ° ed t ee su perintendent - registrar shall forthwith fill up the vacancy aria registrar and superi n t en d ent-reg i strar shall hold hi s elfie* of pleasure of the registrar.general. Ow! 8. Provid e d th at i n every case in which the clerk to the r officeuch 04 a the union, p a ri s h, or place, or any other officer of anY d: hsli 1 parish, or place, s h a ll h o ld any office under this Act, a n 0 r ifi• moved by the Poor Law C omm i ss i oners f rom hi s office ce in or s upe parish, or place, and in every case in which any regiet rer ad 010. 0 0 tendent.registrar shall be removed by the regi'trar-geenorthWittie:rei° office under this Act, notice of such removal shall be - unty w- inch per. by advertisement in some newspaper circulating in the e° ver y the district for which such officer may act shall be; and every sad sr son shall thenceforth cease to hold his office under this Act' P a ' of be incapable of being re-appointed thereto; provided al t so, llo ' t if ; 0 pointment of any officer of any such union, parish, , P he t he office under this Act, sh a ll b e su bj ect to t h e ap proval of re , we t to Commissioners, except as hereinb e f ore di rec ted with ° -' On ce 9. to guardians of any such un i on, par i s h , o r place. of the - 0 0;sas 9. That the guardians shall prov id e an d u phold, ou t reg ieter e rf ; coming to their hands or contr ou l as suc h gu ardians, for y ea 0 1 ; lo l7' g/ according to a plan to be appr ove d b y th e registrar_ gen era. 0 n ro ._„os ing the registers to be deposit e d th ere i n, as hereinafter ,e the care of the said office and the custody of the regithe toe"' therein shall be given to th e super i nten d en t.registrar o . l _ parish, or place, having a b oar d o f gu ar dians as aforesaid: vo w a - . 00 ., 10. That the Poor L a w C omm i s sioners for England and A ll 01e frora post 01 as soon as may be after the said Ist day bf October, ifi 00 0 riches, townships, and places in England, in or for n rol ia guardians shall not have been then established under ia`„S,, off S. tbs e the said Act for the amendment of the laws relating to th w e ' reo ' t t r u sr t temporary districts, having regard in the formation _ t r , d;i e jor eie" boundaries of parishes and townships, and shall apPel oec t t e tie t ; each of such temporary districts, subject to being d i*P ., , ,fici ° „ota r , after provided; and the registrar-general shall appoint a_;t.t sad 000' ber of fit persons to be superintendent registrars for sided districts, subject to being displaced as hereinafter la nv , appoint the districts which each shall superintend. sl yly 11. That in every case in which a board of guar .flan` dp oit o l blished under the provisions of the said Act for the On"' i .ee n te • or P" - .0 1 -pa laws relating to the poor, in or for any parish, townships I . stir s od part of any temporary district in or for which a registra r° ol pres! ii i e dent-registrar shall have been previously appointed as las t d for e ris; as soon as a registrar or registrars shall have been apPei nre ; 00 ° r O f tricts into which the guardians shall have divided the tin log e oce or place of which they are guardians as aforesaid, and the t , 0°,0 41 a guardians of such union, parish, or place shall have the of superintendent-registrar, or the sacl guardians shall have ' lO 10 lace accep t „wane , OP 0. superintendent-registrar for such districts, in like pa unions formed before the passing of this Act, every such i WS ,ritP te oi shall cease to be a part of the temporary district to 2 ., del o p nexed by the Poor Law Commissioners, and every reg o ", elec:_ io, or gistrar, and su perintendent-registrar appointed beforo st 7 t nt ;0 0 such board of guardians as aforesaid in or for such Pari s h place shall cease to hold their respective offices, se f ar a ae stti e parish, township, or place, unless re-appointed. f h'irtha 12. That for every district for which a registrar of birth , 121 , shall be appointed by the guardians, as aforesaid, the !!! eye effol o power, subject to the approval of such guardians, iln' iros e ( 7,00 4 for which a registrar shall be appointed by the said P o or e 01, , ,„ sioners such registrar shall have power, subject to th e Inert.; t ee commissioners, to appoint by writing under his hand ne r - 40 1. fi g. a as his deputy in case of the illness or unavoidabl!abse PM' N 04Plo • 744,11 AQ THE SUN, LONDON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1536. , i , i